Burial vault



Feb. 16, 1932. H MORSE 1,845,845

BURIAL VAULT Filed Sept. 21, 1931 3; ,BerzH-Marae,

INVENTOR I ATTORNEY J Patented Feb. 16, 1932 UNITED STATES BEN H. MORSE,OF HILLSDALE, MICHIGAN BURIAL vAUL'r Application filed September 21,1931.

The invention relates to a burial vault and more especially to aninterliner for burial vaults.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a vault of thischaracter, wherein an interliner fits within the same so that an airchamber or space is provided about the sides and top of the vaultinteriorly thereof, thus permitting any moisture entering the vaultthrough the walls or from condensation due to decomposition of the bodyor otherwise to escape from between the walls of the interliner and thewalls of the vault and to be drained away through drainage openings in 1the bottom or base of such vault.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a vault of thischaracter wherein the construction thereof is novel in form so that inevent that there should be excessive moisture collecting within thevault the air within the interliner will exclude such water from risingto the level of the casket resting within the vault, thus keeping thesame at alltimes dry and in good condition. a

A further object of the invention is the provision of a vault of thischaracter which is extremely simple in construction, thoroughly reliableand eificient in its purpose, neat and attractive in appearance, strong,durable, and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in View, the

invention consists in the features of construction, combination andarrangement of parts as will be herinafter more fully described indetail, illustrated in the accom anying drawings, which discloses thepre erred embodiment of the invention, and pointed out in the claimsherunto appended.

In the acompanying drawings Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinalsectional view through a vault constructed in accord ance with theinvention showing the interliner therein and this section bein takenapproximately on the line 22 of F igure 2.

Figure 2 is a top plan view showing the cover or lid of the vaultremoved.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Figure 1 looking in thedirection of the arrows.

Similar reference characters indicate cor- Serial No. 564,098.

respondin parts throughout the several views in t e drawings.

Referring tov the drawin s in detail the vault comprises a body 5 havingan open top and such body is molded or otherwise formed from concrete orthe like althou h other similar and analogous materials mig t be used.The bodythroughout the bottom 6, sides 7 and ends 8has embedded thereinmetallic reinforcement 9 to give strength and co durability thereto. 9

Formed in the open top about the side and ends 7 and 8 of the body 5 isa seat 10 to accommodate the rim 11 ofa lid or cover 12, the latterbeing made from concrete or other like material and is preferablyupwardly arched in cross section, the rim 11 being adapted to fit withinthe seat 10 in theopen top of the body 5 and is sealed thereto throughthe medium of a filler 13 poured about the lid or cover 12 into the seat10 in the bod 5 as is clearly shown in Figures 1 and 3 of tlie drawings.

The bottom 6 of the body 5 is preferably raised to provide interiorly ofsaid body a rest slab 15 about which is marginally formed a continuouschannel or groove 15 which is entirely about the ends and sides of saidslab and into which is introduced an interliner 16 preferably made fromsheet copper, the interliner being of a size when its free edge restswithin the channel or groove 15 to effect an air space or chamber 17entirely about the sides, ends and top of the vault, that is to say thespace or ch amber being formed between the outer surface of theinterliner 16 and the confronting surfaces of the sides, ends and topcover or lid of the vault.

The groove or channel 15 beyond the ends of the slab 14 hasintersectingthe same spaced holes or passages 18 these opening throughthe bottom 6 of the body 5 and constitute vents for the escape ofmoisture, water or condensation from within the vault as may accumulatewithin the interliner 16 or the air space or chamber 17 hereinbeforedescribed. The inter-liner 16 is fitted into the vault in such a mannerthat there is a continuous air space or chamber 17 between the sides,ends and top of the interliner and the sides, ends and top of the vault,thus permitting any moisture entering into the vault through the Wallsthereof or from condensation due to decomposition of the body orotherwise to es- 5 cape from between the walls of the interliner and thewalls of the vault into the channel or groove in which the interlinerrests and to drain away or off through the holes or passages 18 outsideof the vault.

m The edge of the interliner l6 resting within the continuous channel orgroove 15 will enable moisture collecting within the channel or groovefrom rising to the level of the casket placed above the slab 14 uponraised 15 lugs 19, thus keeping the said casket dry at all times and ingood condition and the air within the interliner will exclude water fromentering the holes or passages 18 from without the vault.

20 Whatv is claimed is I 1. The combination of a vault having aremovable lid, a slab elevated from the bottom of the vault and forminga continuous chan nel about said slab, said vault having open ings inits bottom intersecting the channel, and an interliner within the vaultand spaced therefrom. to provide an air space between it and the wallsof the vault.

2. The combination of a vault having a removable lid, a slab elevatedfrom the bottom of the vault and forming a continuous channel about saidslab, said vault having openings in its bottom intersecting the channel,an. interliner within the vault and spaced therefrom to provide an airspace between it and the walls of the vault, and rests formed on vtheslab and adapted to elevate a casket therefrom.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

40 BEN H. MORSE.

